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JavaScript DOM HTML property: attributes

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The attributes property of HTML elements within the JavaScript DOM returns the NamedNodeMap of its attributes.

 

EXAMPLE:


HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head></head>
<body>
<span id="element"></span><br>
<span id="element2"></span>

<script>
var x2 = document.createElement("CANVAS");
x2.setAttribute("width","150");
x2.setAttribute("height","70");
x2.setAttribute("style","border: 1px solid black");
var c2 = x2.getContext("2d");
c2.fillStyle = "blue";
c2.font = "40px Verdana";
c2.shadowBlur = "4";
c2.shadowColor = "red";
c2.shadowOffsetX = "2";
c2.shadowOffsetY = "3";
c2.fillText("Hello", 10, 50);
document.getElementById("element").appendChild(x2);

var a = x2.attributes;
var ct = a.length;
document.getElementById("element2").innerHTML = 
  "Has attributes? " + x2.hasAttributes() + "<br>" +
  "Has width attribute? " + x2.hasAttribute("width") + "<br>" +
  "Width attribute using getAttribute = " + x2.getAttribute("width") + "<br>" +
  "Number of attributes = " + ct + ", i.e.:<br>" +
  "&nbsp;" + a[0].name + " = " + a[0].value + "<br>" +
  "&nbsp;" + a[1].name + " = " + a[1].value + "<br>" +
  "&nbsp;" + a[2].name + " = " + a[2].value + "<br>";
</script>

</body>
</html>


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